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Goals To share information about PEPNets State Outreach and Technical Assistance Centers (SOTACs) and how they can be a resource to you. To share information about innovative strategies to reduce costs and provide accommodations for students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing. To share information about technology and options for interpreting and captioning, including C-Print. To share information about the Captioned Media Program.

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Captioned Media Program What is it? A free loan library of open captioned media. Who is eligible to join? Anyone with a hearing loss or working in the field. What types of materials are available? Educational, self-help, and classic titles. VHS, CD Rom, DVD, Web streaming. What does it cost? ITS FREE What else do they do? They are your source for all things related to captioning: guidelines to captioning, recommended captioning agencies, finding captioned titles, etc. www.cfv.org

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Whats the big deal about captions? Captions benefit everyone. Individuals with a hearing loss Individuals with other disabilities Children learning to read Individuals whose first language isnt English Senior Citizens Less than 15% of the educational videos available for purchase are captioned. Even fewer educational DVD, CD-ROM, and other media are captioned.

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Common Misconceptions The caption decoder in a TV is a magic device that shows captions for all videos. All you have to do is know how to turn it on. Attaching a caption decoder or turning on the internal decoder requires a degree in engineering. Captions are distracting to hearing students.

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Common Excuses The information wont be on the test. Its only a short clip. The information is in the textbook and lecture as well. The interpreter can just tell the student what is going on. I cant find a captioned version. This TV doesnt show captions. It costs too much to caption a video. It takes too much time to add captions.

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The Basics All educational materials must be accessible. Its the law. The quality of the captions is very important and quality costs. You must have permission from the producer to add captions to a commercially produced video.

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Where can I find captioned videos? Free-Loan: The Captioned Media Program (CMP) Purchase: Bowkers Complete Video Directory and the CMP database. Encourage your school to establish a policy to only purchase captioned media.